Wanted: Logistics Help Wanted

[chris vickery]

Yes Robert, the downside of Uship is that there are some scammers on there.
Authentic shippers contact you through the website service and never ask for funds up front. It at least gives you the options to look through the bid prices and make up your own mind.

[rob love]

I can also be used as a drop off point if you find something going only as far as Mb. It can sit here for as long as it takes to find someone traveling from Mb (which is geographically the center of North America) to the East. I am only 7 miles from the trans Canada highway, and can pick up or drop off to the highway as need be.

[maple_leaf_eh]

I had indifferent success with Uship. The website lets you post your load and a ceiling price you are willing to pay. I found that $1000 wasn't enough for moving my M151A2 from Edmonton to Ottawa to get much action from the bidders. I had to bump it up, and eventually paid a side price to the lead bidder, just so things would start moving.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I shipped a 1A2 box from Sask to Ottawa for $400 on a United Van Lines backhaul. The driver said they haul vehicles east all the time. He already had a couple of wrecked vehicles onboard that were going from Vancouver to Ottawa. He went 200 miles out of his way to get here too.

[r.morrison]

Well Chris and crew.....I threw it back on U Ship. I've had 1 quote for $1900.00 + and another inquiry which I'm waiting for a quote from. David. I never thought of United Van Lines. I'll call them on Wednesday and check it out. Adams Forwarding is seeing what they can do to bring their price down from $1800.00. And yes Terry, I was probably a "tadge" off on my estimate. It's almost cheaper to put it in a container and ship it to Europe.
Thanks Rob also for the offer. Are you sure you'd give it back??? You know you are related to that museum and you know what museum people are like! I'll keep you all posted. Cheers for now....Robert

[r.morrison]

Well.......finally got every thing sorted out this afternoon on shipping the trailer to Quebec from B.C. Taking in every ones 2 cents, I threw it back on U Ship plus some direct phone calls and ended up with the following: Taking David's juicy little tid bit in, I got a quote from United Van Lines......wait for it.....$3200.00 plus taxes!!! And they're just down the street from the trailer! The only funny thing about this quote was when they sent it over, they said they were "THRILLED" to provide me a quotation. I spoke with the female sales rep. and said in the nicest, humorous way, that if this how you get your daily "thrills".....you need to get a new life! Next from U Ship was a boating company from Ottawa area already coming out here.....$2900.00. A transport company from Calgary offered $1900.00 with a little lee way in delivery time. Liveable. Next was Adam's Forwarding....I like these guys....$1800.00 plus txs.Then the guy I went with from the Ottawa Valley....and I am reluctant to mention his name only because he did me a side deal and I wouldn't want to get him in trouble...$1544.00 to Montreal...everything included. Now that I have done the U Ship deal, I have his direct number and email address and can contact him direct. He does a lot of speciality shipping, with 2 /45 foot cargo trailers for motorcycles and such. West coast to the East Coast. Anyone wanting the address....PM me. Thanks for everyone's help ...Robert

[chris vickery]

Hey Robert
I ended up with a guy on file that I found on us hip myself...
Once you sort through the riff raff its not so bad